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This image released by Janus Films shows Toshirô Mifune in a scene from the 1954 film “Seven Samurai.” (Janus Films via AP) (Uncredited/Janus Films) NEW YORK — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. But despite its age, the vitality and fleet-footed movement of Kurosawa’s epic is still ...